"Chinese" Songs, Vol. 1

These songs are not sung in Chinese. They are not by Chinese artists. They just have the word "Chinese" in their titles. Nothing more, nothing less. And there's more where these came from, too! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Lake Malawi  ~  "Chinese Trees"

2)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Chinese Democracy"

3)  Phoebe Bridgers  ~  "Chinese Satellite"

4)  M. Ward  ~  "Chinese Translation"

5)  Alison Gold  ~  "Chinese Food"  (Ladies and gentlemen, one of the stupidest "songs" ever written, and just as poorly performed. From the folks who brought us Rebecca Black's "Friday." So why should we expect any less?)

6)  Coldplay  ~  "Chinese Sleep Chant"

7)  Eric Idle  ~  "I Like Chinese"

8)  Philip Bailey  ~  "Walking On The Chinese Wall"

9)  Eric B. & Rakim  ~  "Chinese Arithmetic"

10)  George Formby  ~  "Chinese Laundry Blues"

11)  Jedi Mind Tricks  ~  "Chinese Water Torture"

12)  Ramones  ~  "Chinese Rock"

13)  Blur  ~  "Chinese Bombs"

14)  R.E.M.  ~  "Seven Chinese Brothers"

15)  MC Jin  ~  "Chinese New Year"

16)  The Pretenders  ~  "Boots Of Chinese Plastic"

17)  Queen  ~  "Chinese Torture"

18)  The Decemberists  ~  "My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist"

19)  Baltimora  ~  "Chinese Restaurant"

20)  Lily Allen  ~  "Chinese"

More Songs About Thorns & Thistles

A second and final set of Songs About Thorns & Thistles starts NOW! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bristletongue  ~ “Thistle Among Roses”

2)  The White Stripes  ~  “Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn”

3)  Cracker  ~  “Sweet Thistle Pie”

4)  Katie Brianna  ~  “Thorn In Your Side”

5)  Flobots  ~  “The Rose And The Thistle”

6)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Thorn In My Side”

7)  Poor Rich Boy  ~  “Thistle”

8)  Liliac  ~  “Chain Of Thorns”

9)  Conor Oberst  ~  “Milk Thistle”

10)  Eurythmics  ~  “Thorn In My Side”

11)  TAD  ~  “Thistle Suit”

12)  Tremble  ~  “Thorns”

13)  The Decemberists  ~  “The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won’t Wrestle The Thistles Undone)”

14)  CeeLo Green  ~  “Thorns”

15)  Zero 7 ft. Sia  ~  “Thistles”

16)  Echo & The Bunnymen  ~  “Thorn Of Crowns”

17)  Wolf People  ~  “Thistles”

18)  Gregg Allman  ~  “Thorn And A Wild Rose”

19)  Bang On The Ear  ~  “Thistle & A Rose”

20)  Charley Pride  ~  “Thorns Of Life”

21)  Buckethead  ~  “Sow Thistle”

22)  Gary Numan  ~  “Bed Of Thorns”

23)  Selim Lemouchi & His Enemies  ~  “Thistle”

24)  Phillips, Craig, & Dean  ~  “Blessing In The Thorn”

25)  Vincent & A Secret  ~  “Thistle”

Songs About The Month Of July, Vol. 1

Here's a bunch of songs about the month of July. If you like 'em, good news, there's more of 'em tomorrow! If you don't like 'em, bad news, there's more of 'em tomorrow! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  311  ~  “Sunset In July”

2)  Laura Veirs  ~  “July Flame”

3)  Uriah Heep  ~  “July Morning”

4)  Kris Wu  ~  “July”

5)  Soundgarden  ~  “4th Of July”

6)  The Bombpops  ~  “CA In July”

7)  Sally Shapiro  ~  “Love In July”

8)  Little Hurricane  ~  “Fourth Of July”

9)  Jason Michael Carroll  ~  “Love Like July”

10)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Miss Fourth Of July”

11)  Ocean Colour Scene  ~  “July”

12)  Wild Pink  ~  “4th Of July / Great Apes”

13)  The Decemberists  ~  “July, July!”

14)  Katatonia  ~  “July”

15)  Aimee Mann  ~  “4th Of July”

16)  Ernie Halter  ~  “In July”

17)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “Fourth Of July”

18)  Charlie Worsham  ~  “Mississippi In July”

19)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “Fourth Of July”

20)  Sarah Brightman  ~  “Winter In July”

"Beginning" Songs, Vol. 1

Life in general is full of beginnings and endings. We live most of our lives in the middle. In honor of that, or in spite of it, here begins a six-part miniseries featuring songs about the "Beginning," "Middle," and the "Ending." To begin, "Beginning" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Seal  ~  “The Beginning”

2)  Guster  ~  “Beginning Of The End”

3)  The Futureheads  ~  “The Beginning Of The Twist”

4)  Richard Marx & Donna Lewis  ~  “At The Beginning”

5)  Django Django  ~  “Beginning To Fade”

6)  The Decemberists  ~  “A Beginning Song”

7)  Snow Patrol  ~  “It’s Beginning To Get To Me”

8)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “I’m Beginning To See The Light / Ordinary Fool”

9)  Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  ~  “From The Beginning”

10)  One OK Rock  ~  “The Beginning”

11)  Emery  ~  “The Beginning”

12)  My Brightest Diamond  ~  “In The Beginning”

13)  Don McLean  ~  “Genesis (In The Beginning)”

14)  Europe  ~  “Just The Beginning”

15)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “The End Is The Beginning Is The End”

16)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “New Beginning”

17)  Jason Becker  ~  “The End Of The Beginning”

18)  Cloverton  ~  “The End Is The Beginning”

19)  Steve Howe & Patrick Moraz  ~  “Beginnings”

20)  Elephant Revival  ~  “Remembering A Beginning”

Songs About "Singers"

In previous entries, I've done "Songs About Songs," "Songs About Music," and the like. But I've never done a post featuring Songs About Singers. Or, more specifically, songs with the word "Singer" (or its plural) in their titles. Well, now is as good a time as any, so let's go! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Cake  ~  “Opera Singer”

2)  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds  ~  “The Singer”

3)  The Moody Blues  ~  “I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)”

4)  Anna Nalick  ~  “The Lullaby Singer”

5)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Pop Singer”

6)  Bee Gees  ~  “The Singer Sang His Song”

7)  The Decemberists  ~  “The Singer Addresses His Audience”

8)  Sonny & Cher  ~  “Mama Was A Rock And Roll Singer”

9)  Teitur  ~  “The Singer”

10)  Animal Collective  ~  “Another White Singer”

11)  The Tallest Man On Earth  ~  “Singers”

12)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Mary Tom Speer-Reid  ~  “When All God’s Singers Get Home”

13)  Ty Segall  ~  “The Singer”

14)  Califone  ~  “Funeral Singers”

15)  David Phelps  ~  “The Singer”

16)  Miranda Colchester  ~  “The Singer”

17)  Jimi Jamison  ~  “It’s The Singer, Not The Song”

18)  Vince Freeman  ~  “The Singer”

19)  Kevin Max  ~  “Return Of The Singer”

20)  Elkie Brooks  ~  “Pearl’s A Singer”